Peter O'Toole movie quotes

“It is far easier to whisper advice from cover than to risk its merit at the point of attack.”
Peter O'Toole - Willingham

“- Eli Cross: He helps me to understand the young man in the film.
- Sam: Bullshit.
- Eli Cross: True.”

Peter O'Toole - Eli Cross
Allen Garfield - Sam

“- Alan Swann: Stone, I want you to know that this morning I had absolutely no idea I was in the process of inserting myself into an arrangement that already existed between you and Miss Downing.
- Benjy Stone: Would it have made any difference?
- Alan Swann: No.”
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann
Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone

“- Eli Cross: Would you tell the chief of police that Burt, here, was so busy being brilliant that he wouldn't have noticed sweet Jesus Christ walking across the water?
- Ace: He wouldn't have noticed.”
Peter O'Toole - Eli Cross
Philip Bruns - Ace

“- Alan Swann: Are you in love with the girl?
- Benjy Stone: I think I am. But, I don't know what she wants.
- Alan Swann: Romance, Stone. That's the only thing that you can be sure they all want.”
Peter O'Toole - Alan Swann
Mark Linn-Baker - Benjy Stone

“Do you not know that King Kong the first was just three foot six inches tall? He only came up to Faye Wray's belly button! If God could do the tricks that we can do he'd be a happy man!”
Peter O'Toole - Eli Cross

“- Eli Cross: Sam, this picture is my child. What would you say if the studio said your daughter Jennifer would look better with her fingers chopped off?
- Sam: Well, being an insecure writer, I'd call my agent and get a second opinion.”
Peter O'Toole - Eli Cross
Allen Garfield - Sam

“- Pu Yi - 15 Years: Is it true, Mr. Johnston, that many people out there have had their heads cut off?
- Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston: It is true, your majesty. Many heads have been chopped off. It does stop them thinking.”
Tao Wu - Pu Yi - 15 Years
Peter O'Toole - Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston

“If I cannot send your payment, how on earth do you expect to transport an entire castle across the sea? The number of stamps alone is mind boggling!”
Peter O'Toole - Peter Plunkett

“- Katie: But there are no bloody ghosts here!
- Peter Plunkett: I know, but there will be. We'll invent them!”
Mary Coughlan - Katie
Peter O'Toole - Peter Plunkett

“I know a man who made an anti-war movie... a good one. When it was shown in his home town, army enlistment went up six hundred percent. I'm trying to convince the world with my movie that there is a reasonable and better way of getting home for Thanksgiving.”
Peter O'Toole - Eli Cross

“I used to believe that any theory, once published with supporting evidence, then became open to discussion and debate. But I've learned how envious, vindictive, and vicious the academic community can be; they're swine. Polite swine, but swine nonetheless.”
Peter O'Toole - Dr. Timothy Flyte

“- Willingham: You might be thinking what name you'd like to use as king. 'Edward' and 'George' have been popular this century.
- Ralph: What's wrong with 'Ralph'?
- Willingham: It lacks a certain... majesty. I can't really think of any notable Ralphs.”
Peter O'Toole - Willingham
John Goodman - Ralph